Author: W. H. MITCHELL (of Minnesota.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Author: J.T. Stewart
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5871988156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 895

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Indiana County, Pennsylvania her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county

Author: David M. Wrobel
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700618236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on their heels, some of the West's original settlers had begun publishing their reminiscences in books and periodicals and banding together in pioneer societies to sustain their conception of frontier heritage. Their selective memory focused on the savage wilderness they had tamed, exaggerating the past every bit as much as promoters exaggerated the present. Although they are generally seen today as unscrupulous charlatans and tellers of tall tales, David Wrobel reveals that these promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested. By exploring the vast literature produced by these individuals from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, he clarifies the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. In examining their role in forging both sense of place within the West and the nation's sense of the West as a place, Wrobel shows that these works were vital to the process of identity formation among westerners themselves and to the construction of a "West" in the national imagination. Wrobel also sheds light on the often elitist, sometimes racist legacies of both groups through their characterizations of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place. Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth.

Author: Denis Gardner
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873514712
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Extended essays and four-color photos highlight 75 buildings and sites on Minnesota's National Register of Historic Places, from the grand and polished to the simple and unadorned.

Author: Dana Reed Bailey
Publisher:
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Category : Minnehaha County (S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1126

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Author: Henry Anson Castle
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Author: Warren Upham
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 946

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Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 079337216X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793372372
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Author: Arthur P. Rose
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Category : Pipestone County (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 918

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